. Practical and artistic basketry. dth; shave thin. Place one on the out-side of the one just inserted, allowing it tocome down just to the upper edge of the weav-ing. The other is placed opposite on the inside,covering the turned down spokes. Bind thesestrips together with raffia, sewing between andthrough the spokes. The strips may be en-tirely covered or space left between the stitchesshowing the uncovered strip. Care must betaken so that the edge will not be too thick. 114 Practical Basketry. The ends of the spokes may be shaved thin be-fore turning down, thus reducing the thick-ness. Colo
. Practical and artistic basketry. dth; shave thin. Place one on the out-side of the one just inserted, allowing it tocome down just to the upper edge of the weav-ing. The other is placed opposite on the inside,covering the turned down spokes. Bind thesestrips together with raffia, sewing between andthrough the spokes. The strips may be en-tirely covered or space left between the stitchesshowing the uncovered strip. Care must betaken so that the edge will not be too thick. 114 Practical Basketry. The ends of the spokes may be shaved thin be-fore turning down, thus reducing the thick-ness. Color may be introduced in different ways,either using one strand of the natural colorand one strand of any desired color, or bothstrands may be of the same color. The spokesand bottom may also be colored by dipping ina dye after the bottom has been woven and thespokes cut. If colored before cutting, theedges of the spokes will be of a lighter color. If the narrowest width of flats is used, thespokes need not be cut. A finer basket is. Fig. 83. made, however, by using the narrowest widthand cutting the spokes. Basket Made of Flats. 115 The weaving may be continued up the sideswithout the plain strips, using different rowsof colored raffia for decoration. Baskets of this material can be made in agreat variety of shapes. The basket just de-scribed may be made only two inches deep, in-stead of four and a half, as in the illustration,or the same block can be laid on its side and abasket made over it, thus making an oblongbasket suitable for photographs.
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